Stackers Pizza and Subs closed

It appears that the retail space on the southwest corner of 15th Ave NW and NW 65th St is vacant once again.Less than a year ago, Stackers Pizza and Subs opened in the space that was formerly occupied by Himitsu Sushi (and Quiznos before that.) Today, paper signs are taped to the window stating that the place is closed.

I have lived in this part of Ballard for almost 20 years and I must say this is a cruddy location. Its hard to notice and if you do its hard to get to, either by foot or by car….I have only been in one business since the building was erected (10 years ago?). Maybe it would do OK as professional offices or services…BUT NOT RETAIL! I hope whomever chose to invest and build this ugly structure has learned a valuable lesson!

Sad, but not surprised. I live right around the corner and rarely saw anyone in there. Even on school days. The owners were really nice, but the food was nothing exceptional. It would be nice to have a good food option there, but if cheap sandwiches and pizza can’t make it right next to a high school, what would?

I totally agree about the potential for high school customers. I don’t think the parking is that bad if you know you want to go to that corner (I’ve often parked not far from there), but admittedly it’s not something I would do on an impulse if I didn’t already know the place was good.

Only went there once, food was to simple and after we order and sat down we were brought our sandwich’s in a bag and told we had to leave because they had to make a pizza delivery . This was on a Saturday afternoon at lunch time ,its a surprise to me that it took this long to close !

Those “Closed” signs have been up for a few days at least. Anyway, any restaurant going in there will have to be really attractive to the high school kids (meaning cheap and greasy food), and then it’ll have to be able to withstand that seasonal patronage. No parking, few other local business customers, and inconvenient location mean a tough go for a food place. I’m with Ballardite: professional offices or services are the only things that’ll survive there long.

Sure the location is challenging but the Thai place next door seems to be surviving. Their food is very good though and it sounds as if Stackers’ food was nothing special. Can’t say as I never got around to trying it. Sorry for the people who owned it and worked there.

why cross 15th for crap food when Zesto’s is right there? if the food were good, it would have a hope. instead it was really crappy sandwiches and a sad excuse for pizza. Now the Thai place is doing just fine so it’s not all location. I watch people stream off the bus to that place.

why cross 15th for crap food when Zesto’s is right there? if the food were good, it would have a hope. instead it was really crappy sandwiches and a sad excuse for pizza. Now the Thai place is doing just fine so it’s not all location. I watch people stream off the bus to that place.